Senior ERP Functional Lead
CECO Environmental Corporation
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Job summary
CECO Environmental Corporation seeks a Senior ERP Functional Lead to drive D365 Finance & Operations implementations and ongoing optimizations. You will lead cross-functional teams, align business requirements with CECO standards, and shepherd projects from design through stabilization.
This role emphasizes stakeholder management, process improvement, and collaboration with external partners. The ideal candidate has deep ERP delivery experience in manufacturing environments and a proven ability
Qualifications
- 5+ years with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O).
- 7+ years ERP implementation, enhancement, and support experience.
- Experience leading functional workstreams or solution delivery within ERP projects.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, inventory, operations, and financial processes.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with various audiences.
- Proficient in Excel and related technologies such as Visio.
Responsibilities
- Lead functional delivery of ERP projects, enhancements, and business improvements.
- Serve as the primary functional lead between business stakeholders, partners, and IT.
- Facilitate workshops and design sessions to define requirements and translate into ERP solutions.
- Guide stakeholders through complex business decisions and drive standardization.
- Coordinate testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
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Job description
CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we've been addressing the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you'll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future.
We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek's America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America's Most Successful Small-Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list. CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders.
As part of the CECO corporate team, you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth and success of our global family of brands. Whether working in finance, HR, IT, accounting, marketing, or another corporate function, your expertise will help drive efficiency and innovation across our organization. By joining CECO, you'll be part of a company committed to protecting the environment and enhancing industrial operations, all while fostering a collaborative and purpose-driven work environment.
The Senior ERP Functional Lead is responsible for leading the delivery of Business Application projects, primally, D365 F&O implementations, enhancements, and business process improvement initiatives within CECO's broader transformation efforts. This role is focused on not just implementing Technology but transforming and optimizing how we operate.
The role works closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, and external implementation partners to ensure business requirements are translated into practical, scalable solutions that align with CECO standards and support operational objectives.
The successful candidate will combine strong ERP functional expertise with business process knowledge and stakeholder management skills. They will provide client side leadership of ERP projects throughout the delivery cycle, working with both other members of the CECO Business Applications team and third party partners.
The Senior ERP Functional Lead is expected to provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution design through testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilization. The role requires an individual who can build credibility with stakeholders, effectively challenge assumptions, and drive projects to successful outcomes. The ideal candidate will combine deep D365 skills with industry knowledge of manufacturing or project-based companies.
- Lead the functional delivery of assigned ERP projects, enhancements, and business improvement initiatives.
- Act as the primary functional lead between business stakeholders, implementation partners, and IT teams.
- Facilitate workshops and solution design sessions to define business requirements and translate them into practical ERP solutions.
- Guide stakeholders through complex business and process decisions.
- Support business process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations.
- Hold business partners accountable for active participation and deliverables during the implementation cycle.
- Identify risks, gaps, and design issues and drive timely resolution.
- Provide functional leadership throughout requirements, design, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities.
- Ensure implementation partners remain aligned with project objectives, approved designs, and CECO standards.
- Work closely with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand business challenges, objectives, and operational requirements.
- Gather, document, analyze, and prioritize business requirements.
- Lead requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution validation sessions. Draft and review requirements.
- Develop and maintain process flows, functional designs, requirements documentation, user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead documentation of current state and future state business processes.
- Ensure business requirements are clearly understood, approved, and traceable through design, testing, and deployment.
- Lead functional solution design activities and collaborate with technical teams on solution delivery.
- Evaluate proposed solutions to ensure alignment with business objectives, ERP best practices, and CECO standards.
- Review and validate designs developed by internal teams and implementation partners.
- Promote standard ERP functionality where appropriate while balancing business requirements and long-term maintainability.
- Support decision-making around solution alternatives, risks, and trade-offs.
- Work closely with external implementation partners and consultants to ensure successful project delivery.
- Hold partners accountable for agreed deliverables, quality standards, and timelines.
- Review recommendations and challenge assumptions where necessary.
- Escalate risks, issues, and quality concerns when appropriate.
- Ensure external resources understand and follow CECO standards, templates, governance processes, and delivery expectations.
- Works with the Solution Architect to review the market for potential solutions and providers.
- Develop and coordinate functional testing activities.
- Support creation of test cases, execution of testing, defect management, and solution validation.
- Ensure solutions meet approved business requirements before deployment.
- Support deployment planning, cutover preparation, and hypercare activities.
- Assist business users in preparing for process changes and system adoption.
- Ensure documentation, training materials, and business procedures are updated as required.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O).
- 7+ years of ERP implementation, enhancement, and support experience.
- Experience leading functional workstreams or solution delivery activities within ERP projects.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, inventory, operations, and financial business processes.
- Ability to understand complex business challenges and identify effective system and process solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience developing business requirements, functional designs, test scripts, user stories, process documentation, and acceptance criteria.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability craft strong narratives in various formats including PowerPoint.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and drive initiatives through completion.
- Strong skills in Excel, Viso and related technologies.
- Experience within industrial manufacturing, engineered-to-order, make-to-stock, or project manufacturing environments.
- Experience with warehouse management, production control, planning, costing, and shop floor processes.
- Experience with ERP integrations, ISV solutions, and data migration activities.
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Experience working in global and multi-site environments.
- Experience working in a consulting organization, either in ERP delivery or Business transformation.
One or more of the following certifications are preferred:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Manufacturing certifications
Travel needs will vary by project but will typically be less than one week per month. Must have the ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
This position is based at the headquarters located in Dallas, TX. Minimal physical requirements, primarily computer use, and communication via virtual platforms, are necessary. Flexibility to adapt to occasional scheduled video meetings and collaborative tasks is essential.
Positions in this function typically require standing, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods. Compliance with company attendance standards. The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job. Compliance with company attendance standards. Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
At CECO, we are committed to a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.
CECO's Commitment to Our People
At CECO, our people are at the center of everything we do. Whether you're a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring opportunities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you'll find your chance to make a difference with CECO.
CECO Environmental is a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment across the globe, serving a broad landscape of industrial air, industrial water and energy transition markets.
We serve these markets and our global customers through our key business segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. Learn more about CECO by visiting About Us .
If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, please contact: hr@OneCeco.com .
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